What have you been doing today?
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As a North/West Yorkshire man, I've always known 'snap', to be a name most commonly used in South Yorkshire.
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Well, I went to school near Ponte, and it was common there, but later in life I worked Sheff patch and "snap" was very common there, but also to some degree in Chesterfield and Mansfield too. Of course the first is Derbys, the second Notts. Worked all over the East and West Mids, and couldn't get over blokes calling me "Duck", "Flower", and "Pet". Thought it was really sweet. Mrs S says they call you "Youth" in Stoke, but I don't remember that.
I got a hammer out on a job in Dudley once and the guy said, "Aye, aye, you got the Manchester screwdriver out!"
Of course, in Stockport, I call it a Birmingham screwdriver.... God knows what you call it in other parts of the country.
I got a hammer out on a job in Dudley once and the guy said, "Aye, aye, you got the Manchester screwdriver out!"
Of course, in Stockport, I call it a Birmingham screwdriver.... God knows what you call it in other parts of the country.
A bit of batch cooking today. Chilli con carne and Bolognese sauce. Made it all from scratch. 4 portions of Chilli and 5 of Bolognese.
Although I heard Mrs Mottie mentioned something along the lines of "bloody chilli con carnage more like"!
I dunno what she means….
Although I heard Mrs Mottie mentioned something along the lines of "bloody chilli con carnage more like"!
I dunno what she means….
What about "scran"?
Making sure the dash cam I've installed is working properly. Got one with front and rear facing cameras.
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Yes, heard that too.
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Worked with lots of Geordies, Bait was an oft used term
Finally got the bastard out! Had to use every weapon in my armoury though. Jack, saw, axe, pick axe, jigsaw and even a length of 4x2 tied to it for leverage.
Buggered up the edge of an axe that I borrowed so I had to run it round to a local bloke that sharpens things.
He only charged me a tenner. He showed me it and said “I know you’re an adult but FFS be careful with the edge. Look." He then proceeded to shave the hairs off of his arm!
Next week, I'm half-expecting you to post about your £80k water works suddenly collapsing
No chance - that was all replaced at the rear of the house. I’m the last of the run so it went from my house, across my drive, through the back gardens of two semi's, down the next drive of those semi's and into the sewer running along the road.Next week, I'm half-expecting you to post about your £80k water works suddenly collapsing
Getting there. New shrubs planted in the bed and bed covered with a woodchip mulch. A bit gappy for my liking but Mrs Mottie said they will grow pretty quickly and she can put some bedding plants in this year.
Looks great! Do you have a photo of how it used to look with the conifers?
Here’s an old one from Google maps. When I trimmed them back because they were overhanging the pavement, all I had was dead wood. A bit of a mess really.
They would have been high demand. I bet the ground was quite dry around the roots etc?
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